“I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day.”
“As far as I was concerned, we'd come to a draw: I hadn't wanted to come, and she didn't want me to leave. We were even. But I knew my mother wouldn't see it that way. Lately, we didn't seem to see anything the same.”
“If I could have all of those things, I wouldn't mind if I touched her or not.”
“I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the way out.”
“I don't pretend to see the path, but I know it's there all the same. One day, we'll look back and wonder how we ever missed it.”
“She wouldn't come back. She hated me. She hated Nan. She hated my mom. She hated her father. She wouldn't come back here... but God, I wanted her to.”